Finger-cot.



PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

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FRANCES A. GORLISS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FINGER-COT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 20, 1907.

Patented March 31, 1908.

Serial No. 379,844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES A. CoRLIss, a citizen of the United States,residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Finger-Cots, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My improved. finger cot is especially adapted and constructed to beapplied over a finger-band age, that is to say, the cot is applied to asore fin er over the bandage which is already on the finger.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a cot of thecharacter described which can be contracted at the outer end andadjusted without contracting the main or central portion, which is thepart next the sore place on the finger, and without pressing on the soreor wounded place. To accomplish this object I provide a cot which at itsclosed end is comparatively narrow, and at a short distance from saidend broadens distinctly and thus extends at its opposite edges, said cotbeing laced at the outer end only, the lacing and lacing-holes beingarran ed so that however tightly the cot may be Iaced on the finger thecentral or main portion retains practically its extended shape wherebythere-is no pressure on the sore place on the finger, such as isproduced by finger-cots which are laced on the outside of the finger forthe entire length, or the greater portion of the entire length of thecot. Thus I do away with all lacing and pressure from lacing at the soreplace and. at any point except at the extreme outer end, and the main orcentral portion of the cot retains its enlarged shape whether the not islaced or not.

The nature of my invention is fully described below, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahuman hand with my improved cot applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the device. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side. Fig. 4 is a sideview.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The cot consists oi three parts, viz. a top or outer piece which lies onthe outer side of the finger, a bottom piece which lies under thefinger, and a lacing which extends from the cot and is usually securedaround the wrist in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. The bottom piece ais formed at its outer end into a scallop b, and at the opposite ends ofsaid scallop the piece is distinctly broadened at c, and from that pointbroadens gradually toward its open end d. The top or outer piece 6 isformed with a scallop g at its outer end exactly like the scallop b, andat h said top piece is sharply broadened and from that point broad ensgradually until it reaches the part is, at which point it is providedwith a narrower extension n.

The edges p of the parts a and l) are stitched together, the part a isprovided with a pair of holes 8 and another pair t, and the top part cis provided with a pair of holes a, and the part n of the top piece isprovided with a pair of holes o, and another pair w. The holes t in thebottom piece and the holes a in the top piece correspond and registerwith each other when the outer end of the cot is contracted, and bothsaid pairs of holes are at a sufficient distance from the seam toproperly contract the cot at that point.

It will be seen by reference to Figs. 2 and 3 that the cot when expandedis unusually broad from the points 0, it toward its outer end, therebyenabling it to be applied easily gas to a bandaged finger, and toprovide plenty is thus contracted where the lacing passes through thepair of holes 8, t and a, and assumes the position or shape illustratedin Fig. 1. Thus it will be seen that when the cot is in use the portionswhich are comparatively small in diameter are the scalloped portions 6,g and the outer end next the holes a, o and the central portion remainslarge and roomy, by reason of its extended sides and cannot press on thesore. Moreover as the lacing is entirely away from the central portionit is impossible that such lacing can touch or press on the sore, andthe adjustment of the lacing will not affect the. sore in any manner.Thus the objection .to cots which are split along the back or upperportion and have the edges laced together for the greater portion oftheir length, irritating the-sore or wound on the finger, is obviated.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters without pressing on theaffected part, said contracted and main portions being whole andunslitted on the top and bottom sides; and a lacing secured in andextending through suitable holes near the outer ends of the main portiononly, whereby the cot is contracted by the lacing process at its outerend only leaving the broadened main portion unaffected.

2. A finger-cot comprising upper and lower integral flexible piecessecured together at their edges and having comparatively narrow outerends g, b and comparatively broad central or main portions 6, abroadening abruptly at c, hfrom the contracted end portion, whereby thecontracted end portions may fit approximately snugly over the tip of thefinonly without affecting its broadened or main portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCES A. CORLISS.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, M. A. A'rwoon.

